Washington, District of Columbia, United States · live ADS-B
Planes over Washington right now
Updated
No aircraft directly over Washington right now; 12 aircraft within 60 km Within 25 km of the city centre, ADS-B at 15:13 local (19:13 UTC).
Every aircraft broadcasting its position over Washington: airliners, helicopters, military and private planes, with how high and which way they are flying.
- Aircraft within 25 km
- 0 airborne, ADS-B
- Aircraft within 60 km
- 12
- Helicopters
- 0 within 60 km
- Military
- 0 flagged military airframes
- Low (< 3,000 ft) away from airports
- 1
- Circling or loitering
- 0 last 20 min
- Nearest major airport
- DCA · 5 km Ronald Reagan Washington
- Next visible CSS pass
- 20:05 local time
Planes over Washington right now
At 15:13 local (19:13 UTC), 12 aircraft were airborne within 60 km of Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 0 of them within 25 km of the city centre.
By height: 2 cruising at 20,000 ft or more (mostly passing over on the way somewhere else), 7 between 3,000 and 20,000 ft (typically climbing out or descending into a nearby airport) and 3 below 3,000 ft. Most of the traffic is arriving at or departing from airports around Washington.
Helicopters, military and low planes over Washington
No helicopters are broadcasting their position within 60 km of Washington right now. If you can hear one, it may be a police or military helicopter that does not transmit ADS-B, or one outside receiver range at low altitude.
No military aircraft are showing within 60 km. Military jets often fly without broadcasting, so "none visible" does not mean none flying.
1 aircraft is below 3,000 ft and not next to an airport: CMP708 35 km NNE at 2,500 ft. Low flying away from runways is usually helicopters, survey or banner flights, or traffic approaching a smaller airfield.
Is a plane circling over Washington?
No aircraft is circling over Washington right now. GodsView checks every low aircraft near the city once a minute for a full turn or for staying within a few kilometres of one spot.
How busy is the sky over Washington?
Washington is busier than every nearby large cities right now.
Most low traffic around here is linked to Ronald Reagan Washington (DCA), 5 km from the city centre; its live arrivals and departures are on the airport page.
- Planes over Arlington, VA 0 aircraft now
- Planes over Alexandria, VA 0 aircraft now
ISS and bright satellites over Washington tonight
2 visible passes of the ISS, Tiangong or Hubble in the next 24 hours. The next starts at 20:05 local time in the W, peaks 68° above the NNW horizon and lasts about 6 minutes. A fast, steady, non-blinking light is a satellite, not a plane.
- CSS (TIANHE) · 20:05 local visible, peak 68° NNW, 6 min
- ISS (ZARYA) · 06:04 local visible, peak 10° N, 1 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 18:29 local not visible, peak 31° SE, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 21:42 local not visible, peak 52° N, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 23:19 local not visible, peak 63° SSW, 6 min
- CSS (TIANHE) · 00:57 local not visible, peak 12° SSW, 3 min
What plane is flying over me?
This page uses the centre of Washington. For the exact aircraft above your street, open "What's overhead" and share your location: it lists every aircraft near you with the direction and angle to look.
Aircraft broadcast their position by ADS-B and volunteer receivers relay it. Small drones, most military aircraft on missions and some police aircraft do not broadcast, so they never appear on any public tracker. Drone sightings cannot be checked here.
Coverage: ADS-B from volunteer receivers. Within 60 km of a big city coverage is usually good above a few thousand feet; low helicopters can drop out between receivers. Circling detection uses positions sampled once a minute over the last 20 minutes.
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Data: ADS-B Exchange community feeders via adsb.lol (ODbL), OurAirports, CelesTrak (satellite orbits).